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Arizona Election Interference Indictment – Conspicuous Absences

Analysis of Breaking News that an Arizona grand jury has indicted Trump associates for efforts to over 2020 presidential election.
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‘Election Fraud, Pure and Simple’: Trump’s Prosecutors Move Beyond Stormy Daniels in Wide-Lens Trial Opening

Prosecutors widen the aperture on the historic case against former President Trump through a sweeping narrative about election influence that went beyond any single hush-money…
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History Shows the Supreme Court Knows How to Move Quickly, as it Should With the Trump Immunity Case

History shows the Supreme Court can come to a decision soon after oral arguments. It must do so on the question of presidential immunity.
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The Just Security Podcast: United States v. Trump: Presidential Immunity from Criminal Conduct

NYU School of Law hosted an expert panel to discuss whether a former President is immune from criminal prosecution for official acts committed while in office.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: A view of the front of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is seen February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. On February 5, 2024, the court unanimously rejected former President Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution on criminal charges that he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. The U.S. Supreme Court has since decided to take up the issue. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Trump’s Challenge to Democracy Through the Lens of Transitional Justice

The United States could use transitional justice tools to create a shared understanding of anti-democratic events and move forward with accountability.
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41 Star Witnesses and Bit Players in Trump’s NY Criminal Trial

The list of potential witnesses read during jury selection for Trump's criminal trial in New York could indicate the direction of the case.
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Dispatches from the Trump Trial Courtroom in New York

On Monday, April 15, 2024, the historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump began with jury selection at the Manhattan Criminal Court. Join Just Security Journalism…

In Shifting US Ties with Niger and Africa, Focus on Human Rights and Democracy to Strengthen Partnerships

After a series of coups in the region following years of counterterrorism cooperation, the US needs a new approach to recover its stride.

The Collapse of US Haiti Policy

A former Congressman's view into US policy: focused on false stability, it contributed to Haiti's descent into corruption and gang violence.
A lone pedestrian walks by the Trump hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. on March 25, 2020. (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s ‘Ill-Gotten Gains’: Breaking Down the $464M Civil Fraud Appeal

Understanding the reasons for the judge's calculations helps demystify the findings about how Trump illegally profited from a long fraud.
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The Just Security Podcast: A Russian Legal Scholar in Exile on the Future of Resistance to Putin

Viola Gienger recently interviewed Gleb Bogush, a Russian lawyer and expert on international criminal law who fled Russia in 2022.
L to R: A poll worker checks in a voter on March 19, 2024 at the Noor Islamic Cultural Center in Columbus, Ohio (Photo by Andrew Spear/Getty Images); Visual representation of artificial intelligence (via Getty Images); the logo of US online social media and social networking site 'X' (formerly known as Twitter) is displayed centrally on a smartphone screen alongside that of Threads (L) and Instagram (R) on October 29, 2023 in Bath, England (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Tracking Tech Company Commitments to Combat the Misuse of AI in Elections

Tracking social media platforms' and AI companies' public commitments to combat deceptive uses of AI in the 2024 elections.
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